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Kyle O'Sullivan

Liam Payne cooked Thanksgiving dinner for One Direction - but made epic blunder

After making it big in America, the One Direction boys had a Thanksgiving dinner to remember.

The annual holiday isn’t celebrated in their UK homeland, but the cheeky lads decided to take part in the festivities back in 2015.

Each year on the fourth Thursday of November, millions of Americans gather together with their friends and family for a massive feast.

Because they were making music across the Pond without their loved ones, the One Direction guys decided to host a special ‘friends giving’ dinner.

The One Direction boys were making it big in America (PA)

Liam Payne, who has since claimed the boyband was built around him when formed on The X Factor, was on cooking duties and put on a cute polka dot apron.

And they even sent out an invite to American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, who was thrilled to get in on the action.

In a hilarious Vine video that went viral, the lads were seen getting ready for their big meal.

The clip began with Niall Horan greeting TV presenter Ryan in his adorable Irish accent while he was slicing something up.

"Hey Ryan man, thanks so much for coming over for our friends-giving dinner,” he said as the American star took off his jacket.

Across the kitchen, Liam could be seen opening the oven door and shouting: “Turkey’s ready!”

Liam Payne celebrated Thanksgiving with the One Direction lads (Twitter @onedirection)

With some snazzy oven gloves on he whips out a plump bird in a tray from the oven - and it quickly becomes clear he’s made a massive blunder.

"Dude, that's a chicken," points out a bemused Ryan.

The tongue-in-cheek video was edited into a "Thug life" meme - with Liam pulling a baffled face at the end.

Ryan shared the clip with the caption: "When friendsgiving with @onedirection doesn't go as planned".

All of the One Direction lads got into the Thanksgiving spirit across all their social media channels – posting a snap of the chef in his frilly red apron.

The band's official accounts posted: "Happy Thanksgiving to all our US fans!" alongside the snap.

Liam was the main star of 1D (ITV)

Liam could be seen standing in front of the oven in a long-sleeved grey top and a pair of black oven mitts, looking ready for business.

He channelled his inner domestic god for the occasion, but some people pointed out that the oven didn’t actually looked like it was switched on.

Liam isn’t the only one of the lads who has showed off their cooking skills to the public.

They once did an on-air cooking class on This Morning back in 2011 - with Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson helping chef Rustie Lee.

They admitted that Harry did all the cooking for the boys and Louis could only manage a Pot Noodle.

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